Libya News » Derna News Libya » Derna » Social: Survivors Say 60 Members of a Single Family Lost in Libyan Floods
FES, Morocco—The city of Derna on Libya’s eastern coast was virtually wiped off the map by a record-breaking flood this week. Oais A., a Libyan student in Turkey, had been following the forecasts ...
News Libya » Derna » Social: Derna survivors search for loved ones after Libyan flooding
Homes, lives and the heart of a city: The water ripped it all away. Like so many others, construction worker Mohamad Mahmoud Ismail Al-Shalwi rushed home Monday morning to check on his extended family ...
News Libya » Derna » Social: Two months after flood in Libya’s Derna, mental anguish still takes lives
Derna, Libya – About a month after floods devastated Libya’s eastern city of Derna, Dr Khaled al-Shaari was discovered by his neighbours. He had taken his own life near his flood-ravaged home. His ...
News Libya » Derna » Social: Aid groups sound alarm in Libya as hopes fade for flood survivors
Islamic Relief and Doctors Without Borders have expressed concern that the upcoming period could see a surge in disease and make it difficult to deliver aid to those who are most at risk.
News Libya » Derna » Social: Libya Flood: Thousands Still Missing Amid Mental Health Crisis
In some places the water came on like a pack of cars, speeding more than 120 kilometers an hour over the tops of 30-meter-high palm trees. As Hani Elbah, a 47-year-old government worker, saw the flood ...
News Libya » Derna » Social: Horrific dam collapses epitomize Libya's failures. Why were so many warnings ignored?
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People look for survivors in Derna, Libya. For years, experts warned that floods pose significant danger to dams protecting tens ...
News Libya » Derna » Social: Libya floods: The drowning of Derna was a man-made disaster decades in the making
In the early hours of September 11, residents of Derna in north-east Libya woke to the sound of loud explosions. After more than a decade of conflict—initially between the Gaddafi regime and local ...
News Libya » Derna » Social: Libyan officials limit media and aid groups in Derna
Libyan officials have begun to restrict access among reporters and aid groups to rescue and relief operations in Derna, following protests over the response by authorities to violent floods that swept ...